Trying to stop reaching their goal of Technological Singularity, which will lead to create a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain, a member of a radical anti-technology organization shoots a famous computer scientist. Being terminally ill, other scientists download his body into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable... Debut film of known cinematographer Wally Pfister ("The Dark Knight", "Inception").